diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9fa5625..a2079bb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ twine upload dist/*
 setuptools_scm will infer the version based on the latest tag in your Git history.
 Ensure you are tagging your commits with meaningful version numbers like v1.0.0, v1.1.0, etc.
 
+You can view the current version number with the command:
+
+    python -m setuptools_scm
+
 # License
 
 MIT no attribution required - https://opensource.org/license/mit-0
diff --git a/app_skellington/_version.py b/app_skellington/_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..607cd4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app_skellington/_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# file generated by setuptools_scm
+# don't change, don't track in version control
+TYPE_CHECKING = False
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from typing import Tuple, Union
+
+    VERSION_TUPLE = Tuple[Union[int, str], ...]
+else:
+    VERSION_TUPLE = object
+
+version: str
+__version__: str
+__version_tuple__: VERSION_TUPLE
+version_tuple: VERSION_TUPLE
+
+__version__ = version = "0.2.2"
+__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = (0, 2, 2)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0a47964..b9f2dd2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,5 +40,6 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
-version_scheme = "guess-next-dev"
+version_file = "app_skellington/_version.py"
+version_scheme = "release-branch-semver"
 local_scheme = "node-and-date"